People · China
Juntao Ruan (阮俊涛)
3×3 · top 3.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025RUAN03
Juntao Ruan (阮俊涛) has been competing for 11 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.36, set at Beihai Open 2026, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,289th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since October 2025, he has put 35 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.75 in October 2025 to 8.36, a 22% improvement. Juntao has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.36 | 10.56 | top 3.4% | 1,289 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.56 | 15.81 | top 5.3% | 490 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 4.47 | 5.37 | top 32.5% | 5,582 / 15,796 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 22 Aug 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.36 at Beihai Open 2026.
- 19 Oct 2025First competition: Guilin Open 2025. A 10.75 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nanning Open 2026 · 23 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Beihai Open 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guilin Open 2025 · 19 Oct 2025
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Huanyi Tan (谭焕疑) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Tiancong Lu (陆天聪) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Bo Yu (庾博) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.